Individual Narrative Ideas - Miss Georgiou

Individual Narrative Idea
The narrative is a very important aspect of a thriller and any other genre of film. It is all about the story line and what you want to happen within your thriller. The narrative is able to change the atmosphere and actually make the opening what it is.

Main aspect of film

• Very distraught character, commits suicide. From hanging.
• Voiceover - Why did I do it?
• (possible idea) - Flashback into dinner scene
• Mum pesters boy and then is murdered

Characters

There would be three main characters within my opening sequence. These would be the main character Cameron (a very disturbed boy with multiple personality's) He struggles to deal with his own identity. Deep down he wants to be a member of society that will be good and help the community not shame it. The other half of him is a completely different person. Full of malicious and life-threatening insults. He would have a pale, bright complexion and wear white when he is 'good'. When his other personality is in action he will wear white and his eyes will be dark and emotionless. His character relates to the conventions of a thriller as he remains to be very unstable. In psychological thrillers we often see a very mentally unstable character. These types of thrillers may sometimes play with the audiences mind and cause them to really think about what it is that they are taking away with them from this story. These thrillers are successful due to the intensity they bring to the audience. Having a troubled character leaves the audience vulnerable as they are unable to predict what this character is capable of.


His mother, Grace is a gentle and calming older lady. She wears clothes that are conventional to an older mother. Her character has slightly grey hair and remains to have a peaceful, innocent ora about her. He appears to be very worried over Camerons whellbeing and is eventually the one that has to suffer with her troubled son as she is the one that find him after his suicide.
The final character that would be present in my idea is Harmoney. She is actually a childhood friend/love interest of Cameron. She remains to be the younger, vulnerable female that is sterotypical to the thriller conevention.


Codes and Conventions
The use of iconography would be presnt within the opening sequence. The use of rope and knives would be present in my thriller. These are main conventions of a thriller as they remain more personal to the thriller genre.
The male antagonist and female victim is also present.
Low-Key lighting would also be portayed in my thriller film.
Silence and erie sounds would be present when moments of suspence are at there highest.

Summary
In my own film I want to concentrate on a very disturbed character. With dissociative identity disorder (multiple personally) the character will be male and named Cameron, due to it being a unisex name and portraying his split personality. The mother and girlfriend will remain innocent whose names are Harmony and Grace to remain positive and to represent purity. The young boy struggles with having to deal with the evil (other side of him) He continues to end his life right at the start. The audience see his death and then begin to wonder what made him do this, a voice over will then be present and lead into a flash back. The scene flashbacks into where his troubles began, as a child that struggles with bullying and the death of his father. The possible love interest/friend would be introduced at this point and the scene would end. My main idea that I want to have present within my thriller is the use of the disturbed character. In my group I will convince them to go along with this type of protagonist/antagonist as it is a very successful conevntion of the thriller genre. I will show them characters from films such as 'phyco' and 'shutter island' and demonstrate how much this type of character can influence the film.